ADAPTING THE ARMY
to streamline the integration, develop- ment, and procurement of promising new systems, Shyu explained.
Shyu also stressed the need to continue investment in S&T in order to harness and deliver crucial next-generation Sol- dier technologies.
Shyu ended her speech with a story about how technological innovation in the form of Pelvic Protection Systems (PPS) is sav- ing Soldiers’ lives in Afghanistan.
MOBILITY PLUS PROTECTION
Chief of Staff of the Army GEN Raymond T. Odierno cited the need for a new Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV) to provide increased mobility and protection for Soldiers. Here, SSG Jonathan Laguzza, an ICV driver with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, points out the key safety features and details of his Stryker to GEN David M. Rodriguez, Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, during Rodriguez’ visit to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, Jan. 12. (Photo by SSG David Chapman.)
future force, said GEN Robert W. Cone, TRADOC CG.
Cone explained that TRADOC is focused on training, preparing, and modernizing the Army to meet the chal- lenges of current and potential future operating environments. “We must think about the way we design our force and include operational adaptability.”
In particular, the Army of 2020 must be prepared to successfully engage and deter hybrid threats, explained as nation-states, groups, or proxy forces that combine insurgency-type,
guerrilla-style tactics
with some degree of conventional arms and advanced weaponry.
“These forces recognize that con-
ventional conflict with the U.S. is a losing proposition; they use their
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capabilities in a designed way to capitalize upon our vulnerabilities and frustrate U.S. operations by turning conflicts into protracted war. Their desire is
The Army is in the process of delivering more than 400,000 individual items of PPS to Soldiers fighting in Afghanistan. The gear was developed and sent to the- ater in response to a request for increased protection from blast events impacting the pelvis, femoral arteries, and lower abdominal organs.
Recalling a recent visit with wounded warriors at hospitals in Afghanistan, Shyu spoke with great emotion about one Soldier who lost one of his legs in a huge bomb explosion but was grateful to be alive.
to pre-
clude the U.S. from executing our way of war and take us off our game,” said Cone.
FOSTERING AGILITY TRADOC, the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command,
“He was alive because of the PPS,” Shyu said.
and ASAALT
have teamed up to form a “triad” designed to implement a new way of doing business for the Army, a method of testing, developing, integrating, and fielding emerging rapidly and efficiently.
technologies more
This Agile Process, which is grounded in a series of biannual exercises at White Sands Missile Range, NM, called Net- work Integration Evaluations, is helping
For selected presentations from the AUSA ILW Winter Symposium, go to http://
www.army.mil/professional and http://
www.ausa.org/meetings/2012/sympo- sia/Winter/Pages/
2012Winter.aspx.
KRIS OSBORN is a Highly Quali-
fied Expert for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Office of Strategic Communic- ations. He holds a B.A. in English and political science from Kenyon College and an M.A.
in comparative literature from Columbia University. Army AL&T Magazine
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